Kala Ramnath plays raag Madhuvanti

here's one more excerpt of the concert I filmed of Kala Ramnath in Utrecht, April 23rd 2006, much longer, and at the end overlapping the shorter excerpt of the vilambit section I published earlier. It starts in the middle of the vilambit (slow) section and finishes near the end of this slow part of the raag. Notice the big difference in sound, compared to the excerpt I published earlier. Here I use one of the mixes I made of the mic's on stage (two for tabla, 1 on violin, 1 on tanpura).
Kala succeeds brilliantly in conveying the melancholic mood of this raag, portraying the feelings of a person yearning for an absent lover.
Satyajit Talwalkar's support on tabla is excellent and Celine Wadier plays the tanpura.

Copyright of this video: Pieter de Rooij, Tonal Ties Productions.

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[Lot2learn]

Great sound. Even after being converted to mono and compressed by YouTube the mix is terrific. Of course it doesn't hurt to have such fantastic music as well! The clarity on the tabla is amazing. This tala is tintal, right?

[PieterdeRooijHolland]

Thanks for your nice response. The tala played here is not teentaal (16 beat cycle), but ektaal (12 beat cycle). Kala here plays within a very slow framework of twelve beats. The cycle moves very slow so the count is also veeery slow. Try it and you will find out it's a twelve beat-cycle that takes about 70 to 72 seconds here. For elaborating the slow part of a raag Kala often uses ektaal.

[dkmkartha]

I am not sure if you can use word "melancholy" in connection with this sublime music. One could say "meditative"  or "inwardly-oriented" or even having a tinge of "Karuna Rasa", none of which has the clinical or European theory of humors kind of connotation about them. I think we have to start using words rooted in Indian aesthetics tradition while discussing Indian music and dance. The anthropologists use that technique--using the analytical categories of the tradition that they study.

[rpb1231]

@PieterdeRooijHolland you are right.... infact, Its VILAMBIT EKTAAL .. which is of 48 beats... most of the times vilambit ektal of 48 counts is used.. some times i have seen tabla payers playing VILAMBIT EKTAAL of 24 counts as well... thanx.. :)

[cheeseheadfiddle]

She is such a virtuoso. I play Irish fiddle, but have always had a deep respect for this Indian playing. She is truly an ascended player. wow. Please post more of it if possible. 

[yahubeable]

bahot bahot danevad .barya!!!

[hman0217]

Mahduvanti on the violin is one sexy raga ! It massages me from the inside with its piercing cries of seduction.

[texlinesox]

pieter,do you know DR.Rajam,the renowned violinist of hindusthani music?Madam is also very superb to rendering like this one.thanks a lot fot this so soohing music.

[STATIX4321]

aahhhh i see. started first from an instrument and then the vocalist just mimic the sound... it sounds nice.

[sdhanyam]

Great!Very nice..music.

I suggest you upload the same in 'Dynamycdesi'.It is a online talent contest site for people and gives an award to the 'Best Talent'.

[mrbison2008]

mindblowing! this sort of music (kala and violine especially) can make you laugh and cry!!!

[suniteek]

Kala is an accomplished violinist with magic fingers,

in 2007 July RagaRanga has produce her audio CD

of Raag pooriaya Dhanashri. It is available on e-bay or Amazon. It is amazing singing violin.

She is treasure of India!